1933

Based in the comfortable purlieu of Darien, Connecticut, Ted and LouiseOkie are part of the group of peripatetic peregrinators of 1933 who find distance no bar to regular travel. Ted sounded full of vigor when we talked with him recently. He retired from regular activity 15 years ago, but he has developed an avocation in real-estate investment, concentrating his interest in the disparate locales of Vieques, P.R., and Jonesport, Maine. The fortunate couple spend part of each year in these various places, led feels that many recent policies in Hanover "don't make sense," but is willing to "sit down and talk" about the College future.

Okie told us that Jarve Chapman was rolling in dough, so we called New Canaan to get the low-down. The old hurdler cast aspersions on Okie's mental state and turned aside the query about extensive assets. After his stint as executive VP at Union Carbide, Jarve sold Saabs for fifteen years and now is completely retired. At our age we are entitled to some relaxation, he believes. Two of his sons (one a football player and both now corporate officers), two of his grandsons (both football players), and a stepson went to Dartmouth.

Ted Holmes, Professor Emeritus at the U. of Maine at Orono, has published The Nightshadeshade Short Story Reader and Harriet BeecherStowe, a study of the noted author in relation to other women writers.

Charter members of the peregrinators group are Henry and Helen Smith who, interestingly enough, met the Okies in Vieques earlier this year. Henry is on the board of the Association To Unite The Democracies. When last contacted, the Smiths were planning a July Danube River trip sponsored by Dartmouth, Williams, Amherst, and Johns Hopkins.

Now that Ed is fully retired, marine peregrinators Ed and Joan Foley are spending more time on their boat. In June they planned a trip from Lake Ontario through the Trent-Severn Canal to Georgian Bay, with an eventual return to Florida via the Mississippi in the fall.

Pete Hart left off working on his new book long enough to introduce Edward P. Djerejian, Assistant Secretary of State for New Eastern and South-Asian Affairs, at a recent meeting of the Washington Institute of Foreign Affairs. As predecessor in that important post, as well as ambassador to several countries in the area, Pete was eminently qualified to preside at the subsequent wideranging discussion.

John S.Monagan, 3043 West Lane Keys NW, Washington, DC 20007-3057